Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean vs Schindler's List

Schindler's List has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 5.9/10 for Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean). Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 3h 15m. Schindler's List is the older of the two (1993 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean posterLes Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean2025 VS Schindler's List posterSchindler's List1993
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean ValjeanSchindler's List
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 8.6/10
Year20251993
Length1h 39m3h 15m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, War
Country–United States of America
DirectorÉric BesnardSteven Spielberg
Main castAlbert Dupontel, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Lamy, Bernard Campan, Isabelle CarréCaroline Goodall, Mark Ivanir, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis

Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean

Jean Valjean is released from prison after nineteen years of hard labor, violence, and suffering. Filled with anger and a deep sense of injustice, he has become a dangerous man who trusts no one and nothing. When he arrives in a small village in Provence, he is repeatedly turned away. Desperate, he unknowingly finds refuge at the house of Bishop Bienvenu, who lives simply, with his sister and a single servant. There, he is surprised by their…

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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